Battery-holder.



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$'.--A.' BROWN BATTERY HOLDER. "APPLICATION I'ILBD JAN. 6, 1903.

925,452. Patented June 22; 1909..

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S. A. BROWN.

BATTERY 1101mm. APPLIOATIOH FILED IA]. 6, 1908.

925,452. Patented June 22,1909.

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SETH A; BROWN, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

' BATTERYTHOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent Patented Jun Application filed January 6, 1908; Serial No. 409,468. ,r

To all concern.

Be 1t known that I, SETH A. BROWN, a citizen of the Unlted States,.residing at Buffalo,

in the county of Erie and State of New York,

have invented a new andfu'sefullm rovement in Battery-Holders, of which the ollow in is a specification.

, he object of my invention is to provide a quick and easy means of connecting batteries to the instruments which they operate .su'ch as bells, tele hones, 'alarms sparkersview of'the holder adapted for one cell. v Fig.

2 is a side view of same witha-section of the holder taken throughthe dottedline i, i, Fig. 1.- Fig. 3,is a slde view of same with cell in position-.- Fig. 4, shows a'holder adapted to two cells. Fig. 5, is aview of top part of cell. Fig. 6, shows a modified form of insulating plate. Fig. 7 shows the holder supporting two cells. Fig. 8 shows an end View of holder. i The holder or plate A, which can be made of any suitable insulating material, preferably --vulcanized fibers; has holes 2, 2, for securing it in place and has an oliset at each end so as to clear the backs ofthe pins B and C from the object to which it is secured; the connecting pins B and are secured tothe plate in any suitable way, the pin B is bent upward for a portion of its length toform an incline on which slides the perforated element E 'of the cell F, the weight of the cell causing it to.

be carried towardthe plate 'A and forming and maintaining a connection between the zinc cylinder and the pin C, when'a paper 7 covering is used on the zinc cylinder 1t can be cut away as at b to allow ofthe contact .with the pin 0. The element E- can be made with a straight hole, but the tendency of the inclined pin B is to throw the to of'the cell 1 inward and the bottom outwar I therefore prefer to havethe hole tapered as shown at G. .This causes the element to bear on one side 3, which isofi' from the; center of gravity of the cell, thus causing the latter to hang plumb.

One wire can be connected to pin B be inserted'in the hole of pin C and wound around the latter, or both pins can have securing nuts D, H, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. These wire'scan be extended in the usual manner to whatever instrument it is desired to operate, and when once in place'do not require to be shifted when changing the cells. When two or more cells are used, the con.- nection between the bearing pins is made by a. metal strip or wire K on the back of the holding plate A, as shown in Fig. 4, where two opposite poles areconnected for inten-. sitv.

In the drawing Fig.- 7, the upper pin B. and the lower pin'C form the terminals for the wires 4 and 5, which are secured thereto by the nuts D and- H. Instead of having two or more sets of supporting pinsion oneplate 0 shown in Fig. 4, several .plates each having one set of pins as shown in Figs. 1, 2' 3 can be used and the'pins connected by wire for quantityor intensity as desired.

It can readily be seen from the foregoing that after the plate A is secured to a wall or other stationary objectand the wires are in place all'that is necessary to establish the connection with the battery is to hang the latter on the pin B.

By dispensing with the usual metal binding screws, the cost of the cell is lessened. .The insulating pins for supporting and connectinga battery cell with the instrument which it is to operate constitute a new article of manufacture which I prefer to construct substantially as shown'i-and described, but various modifications can be used which em loy the principle'of gravity connection.

claim 1. ha batteryholder, a plate formed of insulating 1113126118.], adapted to be attached to a wallet support and having an upturnedpin at its upper part 'and a shorter pin at its lower part,.both pins 'h'aving means for atliaching'electri c mres 'thereto.

. and secured by th nut D, the ofiher e cal-i. I

2. In a battery holder, va1 platedonnegji otv 1 insulating material? haying edges turned approximately at right angles to- "its surface," plate adapted tobe attaehed to:ajwall part a plurality of upturned pins adapted to sup ort;v an equal number of battery cells the upper pins, the terminal pins of such se eac by contact with one elementv of the cell, ries having means for conneciing wires therethe lower part of the plate having shorter to, substantially as described and shown.

ins'adapted to makecontact with the other SETH A. BROWN '5 element of the cell, the upper and lower pins Witnesses:

so connected that an electrical series HENRY Donnsrut, e formed when the cells are hung upon ERNEST FISHER. 

